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About this blog: Growing up in Brooklyn, NY I lived in high-density housing and experienced transit-oriented services first hand. During high school and college summers I worked in Manhattan drafting tenant floor plans for high-rise office buildi... (More)

About this blog: Growing up in Brooklyn, NY I lived in high-density housing and experienced transit-oriented services first hand. During high school and college summers I worked in Manhattan drafting tenant floor plans for high-rise office buildings. This could have been a career option, but my interest in computers - unusual at the time - led me to the computer science program at the University of Wisconsin. A programming job on Page Mill Road brought me to Palo Alto after college. Since 1993 I consult on bridging law and technology, and serve as an expert witness in Intellectual Property litigation. We moved to Menlo Park's Linfield Oaks neighborhood in 1994. Neighborhood traffic issues motivated my initial volunteering as a Menlo Park Planning Commissioner, followed by a stint as a Chamber of Commerce board member and most recently a finance/audit committee member. I advocate community volunteering for meeting people, the neighborhoods, and understanding the myriad issues that somehow arise. As hobbies I collect contemporary art and vintage cameras. And? fly helicopters, which offer rare views of the nooks and crannies of the Bay Area. (Hide)

Reporting Live from MP Train Station Food Trucks: I predict that the sun will rise tomorrow.

When all is said and done, the atmosphere and clientele reminded me of the popular Fremont Part Wednesday Night Concerts during the summer. There are 10 trucks, and it all fit in the allotted space better than I imagined.

No, I didn't try the fare.

Be sure to stop by Borrone's MarketBar also.

(The cluster of food trucks also reminds me of the former Liddicoats Market on University Avenue in Palo Alto in the 80's- a large store with about 15 individual stalls with cuisines of various origins and styles. This was one of my favorites.)

Posted by Hungry,
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown,
on Feb 20, 2014 at 11:38 am

Why didn't you try the food truck offerings?

Seems like a report on the food and scene would be more useful than telling us the sun will rise in the morning. (I think most of us figured the sun will rise again.)

How many people were there? Did they have tables? Was it a family-friendly scene, or more of a singles thing? Did the diners favor any particular truck?

Did you notice whether that had a creme brûlée truck?

I couldn't attend last night, but I hope to as time permits. It would have been nice to have a more complete report than to read a snarky remark about the sun rising and a reference to a long-gone food court in another town.

Posted by always hungry,
a resident of Atherton: West Atherton,
on Feb 20, 2014 at 11:57 am

Liddicoats!

Wow - been awhile since I thought of that. In the back, there was a Korean woman that also cooked for a group of Niners (back in the 80's) Randy Cross, then Brent Jones, etc.. She always had the best homemade comfort food.

Loved that place.

@hungry: you obviously didn't read all the ridiculous whining that preceded the food trucks, and all the stupid doom-n-gloom that was predicted.

All University Ave restaurants have cockroach problems. I was among those very sad to see Liddicoats disappear. Z Gallerie too.

I was not impressed by the food truck variety but I did think it was a pleasant community event. Except when the baby bullets thundered by. Some of the neighbors had been concerned about potential "noise" from the musician -- the music was about 1/100 as loud as those trains. I hope the neighbors were able to loosen up and enjoy having a party right in their front yard.

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